Cards in Magic & Mentalism: page 16

A very nice multiple shift by Carmen D'Amico. With this move you can for example control the four aces to the bottom of the deck.

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This is a very subtle way to place a key card. It is essentially self-working and wonderfully deceptive.

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This is a sneaky way to get your key card in the fairest possible manner on top of a selected card.

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You will learn two half passes, one by Henry Christ what is called the Christ Twist and the other by Ken Krenzel, the Mechanical Reverse.

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This is another Herman style turnover passe. You execute a pass while turning over the deck.

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This is a Herman style pass developed by Steve Draun.

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This is a turnover pass developed by Dai Vernon.

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The bluff pass is a very nice way to get a selected card to second from top when it looks like that you are burrying the card in the center of the deck. Allan also tips a bluff Kelly replacement - something to fool your magic friends.

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This is a bluff pass to bring a selected card to the top while it appears to the audience that you have burried the card in the middle of the deck.

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Ackerman marries the Kelly Bottom Replacement with the Convincing Control to eliminate the telltale front finger movement of the Kelly Bottom Replacement.

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Use the Hofzinser cull action to switch a block of cards for another set of cards.

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This is similar to the Hofzinser Force with the difference that we are now forcing the bottom card versus a card close to the top.

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This is a very clean force of a card close to the top. Allan also shares a subtlety by Jimmy Grippo to make this force look even more convincing and fair.

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Use a Hofzinser Card Control type action to control a card to the top.

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This is also often called the Hofzinser Cull or Spread Cull, developed by Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser. It is a very versatile move and the grandfather of the Convincing Control.

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Frank Simon and Don England independently came up with this variation on the Convincing Control.

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This is Ackerman's variation of the Convincing Control.

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This is a very deceptive and very popular control attributed to both Ed Marlo and Larry Jennings.

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This is similar to a riffle force but in fingertip control position. You riffle while the spectator says stop.

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Allan teaches two fingertip controls, one by Charlie Miller from Expert Card Technique and the other by Ed Marlo from his Fingertip Control book.

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This is a basic card control - easy to do, but also easy to mess up. It allows you to control the top half of the deck. Allan teaches several fine points and variations, including the slip shuffle where the bottom card is maintained during an overhand shuffle.

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A terrific control from a fan, created by Paul LePaul. You insert a selected card into a pressure fan. After closing the fan you have the selected card jogged, which allows you to take a break above or below.

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A jogged card can be seen by a spectator if the pack is placed on the table. Allan teaches you how to use a dribble to disguise the jog, but at the same time allows you to maintain the jogged card.

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This is a Paul LePaul control, one of the classic, easy, but wonderfully deceptive techniques to get a break above a selected card.

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